The delegation also comprises Prof. Dr Milorad Pupovac, Chairperson of the Croatian Sabor’s Foreign Policy Committee, Dusanka Majkic, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Milorad Vukovic, Chairperson of the Committee on International Relations and Emigrants of the Parliament of Montenegro.

The delegation is visiting Prague at the invitation of Karel Schwarzenberg, Chairperson of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Czech Parliament’s Chamber of Deputies.

The officials exchanged views on the dynamics of the EU enlargement policy and regional cooperation with a special focus on cooperation within the Visegrad Group. Karel Schwarzenberg emphasised the Czech Republic’s strong support for the countries of South East Europe currently in the European integration process and applauded the establishment of regional ties at the level of foreign affairs committees of SEE countries. He announced the establishment of a fund for the Western Balkans within the Visegrad Group during the Czech chairmanship.

Aleksandra Djurovic highlighted the importance of a speedy opening of negotiations chapters with Serbia and thanked the Czech Republic for its unremitting support of Serbia’s European integration.

The officials opined that the EU enlargement policy should be governed by concrete criteria, not changeable circumstances. In the course of their visit to Prague the chairpersons of the SEE foreign affairs committees will also meet with Zdenek Broz, Vice-Chairperson of the Czech Senate’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security, and Czech Foreign Minister Lubomir Zaoralek.